26 Oct
2006
26 Oct
'06
6:43 a.m.
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 17:30, Rob was like:
These choices are not only for my own convenience, but
because I
see a day in the future where I can seriously tell a pretty
normal user, "To do anything you want on this Linux machine you
will never need to see a command line or edit a config file."
It's already about 90% of the way there but then one of my
customers or my partner will ask me how to do something and I'll
have to grumble and open up Konsole.
Yep, that's the issue for most set-ups. I find Ubuntu (gnome version) gets
pretty close to this, so I put it on most of my public machines. Can't stand
using it myself, mind you. ;)
E16 was popular with the tweaker set and I know e17
will be as
well. I personally have no use for weird bitmap themes or
partially transparent terminals or white-on-dark-brown color
schemes or weird ornamental fonts that make me feel like I'm
using a fake computer on the set of one of the CSI's or a
desktop interface that consists of "right click on the desktop
to do anything", and that's what I remember from e16. I think
you just have to be a little more, uh, elite than me to
appreciate that stuff.
Dunno about elite, you just have to like and want it. Mmm, so I'll probably
try E17 when I get time. Heh. :]
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cheers,
tim hall
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